DEF CON 34 – Las Vegas 2026
Second work trip on the board, and this version is getting sharpened down. Instead of trying to do the full Hacker Summer Camp marathon, the plan is now DEF CON 34 only: a shorter Las Vegas run aimed at the parts that map directly back to work — AI code security, agentic systems, Kubernetes, cloud security, and platform engineering. That means skipping BSides and probably skipping the DEF CON Shoot this year. Less sprawl, less cost, less gear, more signal. ...